Julien BriseBois voted finalist for Jim Gregory GM of the Year Award

NEW YORK (Sept. 9, 2020) - Julien BriseBois of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Lou Lamoriello of the New York Islanders and Jim Nill of the Dallas Stars are the three finalists for the 2019-20 Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award, the National Hockey League announced today.
Voting for this award was conducted among the NHL general managers and a panel of League executives, print and broadcast media at the conclusion of the Second Round of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The winner will be announced Saturday, Sept. 12, by NBC Sports, Sportsnet and TVA Sports during their pregame window for Game 4 of the Western Conference Final.
The NHL General Manager of the Year Award was first presented in 2009-10. It was renamed in 2019-20 in honor of Jim Gregory, the 2007 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee who served as Toronto Maple Leafs general manager and a League executive for four decades.

Julien BriseBois, Tampa Bay Lightning
BriseBois strengthened a Lightning team that had faltered in the First Round of the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs after posting an NHL record-tying 62 wins during the regular season, his first in charge. He brought several veteran players to Tampa Bay for a shot at postseason redemption in 2019-20, including defensemen Kevin Shattenkirk and Luke Schenn, and forward Pat Maroon, all signed as unrestricted free agents in the summer of 2019. He also re-signed two stars, forward Brayden Point and goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy, to multi-year deals. In the days leading up to the Feb. 24, 2020 trade deadline, BriseBois added forwards Blake Coleman and Barclay Goodrow (via trade) and defenseman Zach Bogosian (free agent). The Lightning have advanced to the Eastern Conference Final for the fourth time in six seasons. BriseBois, who had served as Lightning Assistant General Manager under Steve Yzerman for eight years prior to his promotion to GM in September 2018, is a first-time Jim Gregory finalist. He is vying to join Yzerman (2014-15) as the second Tampa Bay GM to capture top honors.